| Bloom, Jane Ira / Wingwalker |
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| Album: | Wingwalker | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Bloom, Jane Ira | Added: | Mar 2011 | |
| Label: | Outline Records | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2011-03-13 | Pull Date: | 2011-05-15 | Charts: | Jazz |
| Week Ending: | May 8 | Apr 3 | Mar 27 | Mar 20 |
| Airplays: | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Jul 11, 2022: | Rebop Her Exacting Light | 4. | Apr 01, 2011: | No Cover, No Minimum Her Exacting Light | |
| 2. | May 06, 2011: | No Cover, $5 Minimum Her Exacting Light | 5. | Mar 22, 2011: | Rebop Freud's Convertible | |
| 3. | May 03, 2011: | Rebop Her Exacting Light | 6. | Mar 18, 2011: | No Cover, No Minimum Life On Cloud 8 |
| Album Review |
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| Fo Reviewed 2011-03-12 | ||
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JANE IRA BLOOM: Wingwalker Outline, 2011 MODERN JAZZ – Soprano saxophonist Jane Ira Bloom is a marvelous composer. Each piece on this CD is like a short story: cerebral, carefully structured, perfectly self-contained. Bloom’s mercurial style demolishes the clichés of her instrument (you know… syrupy smoothness or piercing harshness), her use of live electronics adds a kind of futuristic self-counterpoint to several tracks, and her quartet is playful and spot-on. Jane Ira Bloom : soprano sax, electronics Dawn Clement : piano Mark Helias : bass Bobby Previte : drums All interesting. Fo’s Picks: 1, 2, 4, 6, 9, 11 1. 4:15 – slow, stirring theme: sax soars & swoops like a kite over piano pillars 2. 5:39 – struts forward, then rolls: cool drum work, tricky breaks, subtle electronics 3. 5:39 – slow ballad: expressive sax, quartet is very open and spare 4. 6:33 – friendly, loping, but oddball twists hang in mid-air; fast groove at the end 5. 3:26 – quick, furtive sax runs; rhythm slips into a snappy walk, lots of electronics 6. 6:36 – sax/piano roam together, then sax weaves thru a steady, pulsing rhythm 7. 5:22 – piano/bass/drums in conflicting rhythmic patterns, sax keeps cool 8. 4:49 – piano/sax intro, switches to warm but angular swinging stroll 9. 3:52 – lowdown ballad, very gentle and lyrical but with an oddly sticky flow 10. 4:01 – chugging groove: sax & piano solos jab lightly at it 11. 4:17 – relaxed, meandering melody: sax pulls skyward, piano more grounded 12. 3:06 – standard: solo sax makes it very slow and melancholy [ Fo ] 03/12/11 | ||
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